Fare-indicator.



PATENTED JUNE 11, 1907 0. MASGART. FARE INDICATOR.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.13. 1906.

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CHARLES MASOART, or PARIS, FRANCE.

FARE-INDICATOR.

, Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 11, 1907.

Application filed November 13, 1906. Serial No. 343,251.

- To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES MAsoAn'i,

Loudres, in the said city, have invented certam new and usefulImprovements in Fare.v

Indicators, of which the following is a speci fication. Y

' This invention has for its object to provide in fare indicators forvehicles and'especially for motor cars, a device indicating the timeduring which the vehicle is kept at a standstill due to'breakdown, oraccident, or other cause which occupies time which should not be chargedfor (which I will refer to as breakdown) and to suspend for such timethe operation of the-fare indicator. I Therecording of stoppages of thiskind is of the greatest importance in the case of motor cars; it is veryimportant that the owner of.

the vehicle should be in a position to know the duration ,of break-downsand thereby compel the driver to account for his stand:

whereas the toothed wheel 1 and pinion 3 are in gear only while thevehicle is running under normal working conditions, but are adapted tobe thrown out of gear with each other by shifting the lever 5. A spring7 tends to keep the lever normally in such position that the pinions 3and 1 will gear with each other.

A lever 8 is capable of turning on an arbor 9 to which a pinion 10 issecured, the said lever 8 carries the arbor ll-for a piniony12, whichis'constantly in gear with the pinion 10 and capable of being, bytheoperation of the lever 8 thrown into gear with the toothed wheel 1 oftheclock mechanisnuor disengaged therefrom. A spring 13 tends to returnthe lever 8 to the position in which the pinion 12 and toothed wheel 1are in gear.

The pinion 10 is provided with a pin 14 which, at each revolution of thesaid pinion strikes against, and raises, the lever 15 operating thetotalizing device 16, the indications of which can be read through theopening 17. A spring 18 returns the lever 15 to its normal position. 1

On the arbor 6 of the pinion 2 is keyed. a

cam 20 which acts on a projection 21 of a le I ver 22. The latter ispivotally connected to a bracket 23 secured to a fixed part of theapparatus, by way of example, to the casing 24 of the clock mechanism.-On each revolution of the cam 20 the lever 22.is oscillated, thenreturned to its normalposition through the medium of a spring 25, whichhas one end connected to the lever 22 and its other end to the casing24. To prevent the projection 21 striking against the cam 20 a stop 26is provided which limits the return motion of the lever 22. Carried onthe end of the lever 22 is a pivotally mounted pawl 27 to which is attached one end of aspring 28, the other end of said spring 28 beingattached to the lever 22. A guide 29 is provided for the pawl 27. Theawl 27 is adapted toact on the ratchet whee -30 of the fare indicator31, the indications being read through an aperture 32 formed in the wall33 of the casing of the apparatus. 7

On the shaft 3 1 of the totalizing device 16 for breakdowns is keyed aratchet wheel 35' against'which acts a pawl 36, the latter being capableof turning round its pivot in one direct-ion, but this movement-isarrested in the opposite direction through a pin 37 carried by the lever15. A spring 38 connects the pawl 36 to the lever 15. From such c011struotion it is evident that every time the pin le strikcs the lever 15the pawl 36 shifts the ratchet wheel which imparts a correspondingmovement to the totalizing device 16.

On the end of the lever 8 a link 39 is pivotally connected, and to thesaid link a crank The crank 40 is drum 4-1 is actuated and the wordbreakdown appears 1n the aperture 42 formed in the wall 33 of the casingof the apparatus.

Under normal working conditions, the cam 19 is in the position shown inthe diagram, the wheel 1 and pinion 3 being in gear and the wheel 1 andpinion 12, being out of gear. The operation or" the device is asfollows:

'When a breakdown occurs, the cam 19 is turned so that the lever 8 is nolonger held in position by the said cam, and the said lever 8 is loweredby the action of the spring 13 so that the pinion 12 engages with thewheel 1 and the device 16 indicates the duration of the breakdown. Atthe same time the cam 19 pushes'back the lever 5 and disengages thepinion 3 from the wheel 1, and the fare indicator is thrown out ofaction, although the clock mechanism and other gear still remains inaction.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the natureof my saidinvention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare thatwhat I claim is:

1. in time and distance fare indicating apparatus, the combination witha clock mechanism of a pair of levers means carried by one of saidlevers and engaging with the clock mechanism for operating the fareindicator, means carried by the other lever and operated from the clockmechanism for actuating a device ion totalizing the duration ofbreakdowns, and means for shifting said le vers in opposite directions,causing thereby the'discontinuance of the operation of the fareindicator and the operation of the totalizing device for breakdowns.

2. The combination with a fare indicator and a totalizing device forbreakdowns, of a clock mechanism, shiftable motion-transmittingmechanism ;For conveying motion from the clock mechanism to the fareindicator, shiftable motion-transmitting mechanism for conveying motionfrom the clock mechanism to the totalizing device, and'means foralternately throwing said motion transmittingmechanisms out of operativeconnection with the clock mechanism.

3. T he combination with a fare indicator and a totalizing device forbreakdowns, oi a clock mechanism, a shiftable lever and pinion mechanismfor conveying motion from the clock mechanism to' the fare indicator, ashiftable lever 'and pinion mechanism for conveying motion from theclock mechanism to the totalizing device, and a cam adapted to engagewith the lever and pinion mechanisms for shifting them alternately outof op erative engagement with said clock mechanlsm.

4. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination with aflag stafi', of a clock mechanism, a fare indicator operated from theclock mechanism, a totalizing device for breakdowns operated from theclock mechanism, and means actuated by the flag staff for discontinuingthe operation of the fare indicator by the clock mechanism and throwinginto operation the totalizing device.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

CHARLES uAscARTj Witnesses GEORGES LEDAY, EMILE KLoTz.

